Pay & Benefits
Underpaid Feds?
How does your pay and benefits package compare to the private sector? New statistics compiled by a researcher at the Cato Institute is based on data from the…
Pay & Benefits
Get the latest federal employee pay news, including updates on federal pay raises, GS pay scale changes, locality pay, and federal compensation policy. Stay informed on TSP news, TSP fund performance, contribution limits, and investment updates. This category also covers FEHB premiums, FEGLI rates, FEDVIP dental and vision benefits, and major OPM policy changes, federal workforce legislation, and other developments that impact federal employee pay, benefits, and take‑home compensation.
Pay & Benefits
COLA’s, Housing Costs and Lawsuits: How Pay is Determined for Some Federal Employees
Federal employees outside of the contiguous 48 states are paid differently than most FedSmith readers who usually get an annual raise and locality pay. OPM did a survey…
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World War III (?) and Your TSP Funds
War, political instability, terrorism and fear for our economic future have an impact on financial markets. Some well-known personalities have said we are in a new world war.…
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How Much Would You Make in Private Industry?
There is a continuing debate about the pay of federal employees--too high or too low or about right? With the large variety of federal jobs, there is no…
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Your 2007 Pay Increase: Plenty to Make Some Happy and Some Angry
Active federal employees are on track for an average 2.7% pay increase in 2007. Many federal retirees will probably do better than that again in 2007.
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Federal Workforce is ‘Elite Island of Secure and High-Paid Workers’
A new report says "[t]he federal civilian workforce has become an elite island of secure and high-paid workers, separated from the ocean of private-sector American workers who must…
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Debating the Federal Pay Raise
The system for determining the average federal pay raise is steeped in politics. What is going on and why?
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2.7% Increase for 2007 Gets Congressional Boost
The 2007 pay raise process for federal civilian employees is following what is now a fairly well-worn path. No one knows the final outcome but 2.7% looks like…
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Constructing Your TSP Options: Follow the Money
Should real estate investment trusts be added to your TSP?
Pay & Benefits
Pay, Performance and Change: Is the Sky Falling on the Federal Civil Service?
Pay for performance may be coming to the rest of government--not just DHS and DoD. The concept scares many readers. What are the options and what will the…